With the relentless speed of life today, leaders feel an urgency to know, to act, and react in the face of many uncertainties. They want to stay agile and resilient and be future-ready in a world that is moving all too fast. Our names are Nancy Smyth and Sharon Eakes, and we help CEOs and leaders flourish, thrive, and prosper from the inside out. What does that mean? It means we help you get to the heart of what it takes to create positive change that results in increased productivity and revenue. It means we can help you cultivate a work culture that attracts and retains talent. It means we will help you communicate clearly, effectively, and intuitively. These skills resolve conflict, foster robust relationships, eliminate organizational pushback, and ultimately help you succeed with more ease. Our clients develop more self-awareness and a nuanced appreciation for others by utilizing our advanced tools and strategies. They become more collaborative. From there, their impact grows, their stress lessens, their businesses flourish. Our work is well suited to your organization’s needs if you strive to: · strengthen personal accountability · receive concrete tools to help others advance · create irresistible invitations to collaborate · be influential in your organization’s thriving, synergistic culture With a combined 50 years of coaching experience, we have developed unique expertise in sparking change in others by helping them focus on who they are, not simply changing what they do. Through our coaching and training programs, we have been able to help people see situations in radically new ways, resulting in transformations in their lives and careers. If you’re ready to create clarity within yourself and your organization, communicate with compassion and effectiveness and feel more energized, enthusiastic, and encouraged – we’re here to help. Contact us today to learn how! BeInspired@TwoWiseWomen.org
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Supporting Leaders to Flourish, Thrive, and Prosper from the Inside Out. Executive and Leadership Coaching and Training.
In 1975 Muhammad Ali was invited to talk to a group of Harvard students. Someone in the crowd shouted, 'Give us a poem, Muhammad'. He paused for a moment, looked up, and said: 'Me. We.'
Developing Future Ready Leaders to Flourish, Thrive, and Prosper from the Inside Out. Executive and Leadership Coaching and Training.
A client, who is a former heart surgeon, told me about Constrictive Pericarditis, which means there is scar tissue around the heart – like clamps that constrict it. Inflammation causes the heart's covering to become thick and rigid, making it hard for the heart to stretch correctly when it beats. As a result, the heart chambers do not fill up with enough blood. This condition prevents the heart muscle from expanding and instead tightens the muscle. A heart surgeon does surgery to dissect away the scar tissue that is squeezing the heart. Let’s think about this heart condition as a metaphor for our resistance to or defensiveness with others. Our dislike of someone or judgment of their behavior tightens up our thoughts and feelings towards them. We are mentally, emotionally squeezing our heart and not allowing it to expand. It is very much like saying, “I don’t want to make room for you.”
Developing Future Ready Leaders to Flourish, Thrive, and Prosper from the Inside Out. Executive and Leadership Coaching and Training.
“I heard a nice little story the other day,” Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment, and I wait. “Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air—until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.” My God, this is terrible,” the wave says. “Look what’s going to happen to me!” Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, “Why do you look so sad?” The first wave says, “You don’t understand! We’re all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn’t it terrible?” The second wave says, “No, you don’t understand. You’re not a wave; you’re part of the ocean.” I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again. “Part of the ocean,” he says, “part of the ocean.” Tuesdays with Morrie
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"Spring is a time to find out where you are, who you are, and move toward where you are going." - Penelope Trunk We’ll lend a hand. beinspired@TwoWiseWomen.org
Supporting Leaders to Flourish, Thrive, and Prosper from the Inside Out. Executive and Leadership Coaching and Training.
Dr. C. Terry Warner is a contemporary philosopher whose knowledge has had a significant impact on thinking. In his book Bonds That Make Us Free, he writes, “To the degree that we become receptive and responsive to the truth, life will keep instructing us. It will teach us all sorts of fresh things about matters we thought we already understood.” Warner, C. Terry. Bonds That Make Us Free. Salt Lake City, UT: Shadow Mountain, 2001 #understanding
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Heart-Centered Presence Heart-centeredness is central to working relationships. Beneath whatever outcome is desired, everyone wants to belong, be happy and fulfilled. These are issues of the heart. Therefore, the condition of the leader’s heart matters. To the degree we are in touch with our pristine heart, we can relate to team members, clients, and the underlying aspects of their concerns. The heart is a magnetic, cohesive force. It strengthens relationships; our best emerges. For this reason, merging a powerful heart-energy with our mind and skill set provides support from our entire being and gives everyone welcome benefits. When our heart is engaged in the relationship, we offer our full presence – clear-sighted, sincere, appreciative, free from resistance. We are authentic, trustworthy and truthful. A harmonic milieu is established. When our heart is engaged, we invite the person we are speaking with to synchronize with our energy and access the whole of what is now possible between us. Meeting the client wholly – mind and heart – generates an exponential capacity, more than the sum of the two of us. This combined awareness illumines the source of the difficulty. Clarity emerges; solutions arise. #heart #leadership #heartcenteredleadership
Developing Future Ready Leaders to Flourish, Thrive, and Prosper from the Inside Out. Executive and Leadership Coaching and Training.
Have you told someone you wanted to hear their story and then didn’t truly listen? We already had in our mind what they were going to say, and we spaced out, occupying our mind with more interesting things. We run from being present—being open to another. After all, we already know them and their story. Are we aware? Are we welcoming?